Beep, detecting the first activation of the Mysterious Shop, providing rule explanations."
*** [Mysterious Shop Rules] *Items can only be redeemed and used by those with chakra (skill cards are for the host only). *The shop randomly offers 10 items for redemption daily at 12 AM, refreshing at 12 AM the next day. *Energy points are the basic unit for system operation and purchases. *Some items, when purchased for the first time, require corresponding tier rule fragments to unlock purchasing rights. *Rule fragments can be broken down into 3 lower-tier rule fragments, but cannot be synthesized into higher-tier fragments. *The same item can be purchased multiple times on the same day; the energy points for purchase are base * number of purchases on that day. *System level tiers are divided into — (Level: Energy point range required for redemption) — E: 1-10 energy points — D: 10-100 energy points — C: 100-1K energy points — B: 1K-3K energy points — A: 3K-1W energy points — S: 1W-5W energy points — SS: 5W-10W energy points — SSS: Insufficient permissions *The Mysterious Shop currently has the following card categories — — Skill Cards: Learn the card's skill after use. — Bloodline Cards: Grants the user the bloodline associated with the card; only one bloodline card can be used per body part. — Item Cards: Possess various strange and wonderful items; if the host can imagine it, an item card can produce it. — Equipment Cards: Obtain the equipment associated with the card. ***
At first glance, these rules didn't seem to have any issues.
Regarding energy points, he had 31,581, which was barely enough to redeem an S-rank card, wasn't it?
It was only after he looked at the ten cards refreshed for the day that the milk-spitting incident occurred.
The cards in the Mysterious Shop were arranged simply, in two rows, five on top and five on the bottom, but most of them appeared as dull gray.
Skill Card: Super Strength (A) — 4999 energy points
Bloodline Card: Sharingan (C) (One-Tomoe) — 894 energy points
Skill Card: Shadow Imitation Technique (A) — 3454 energy points
Skill Card: Mind Body Disturbance Technique (D) — 88 energy points
Skill Card: Human Bullet Tank (C) — 500 energy points
Skill Card: Desert Suspension (A) — 4000 energy points
Item Card: Healing Card (E) — 5 energy points
Skill Card: Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu (C) — 564 energy points
Bloodline Card: Shikotsumyaku (S) — 8759 energy points
Equipment Card: Combat Suit Card (D) — 50 energy points
From the frequency of card appearances, it was clear that Skill Cards appeared the most, making up six-tenths, followed by Bloodline Cards at two-tenths, and Item Cards and the remaining Equipment Cards each at one-tenth.
Seeing these ten cards, Zhang Lan's eyes lit up; he wanted every single one.
Especially the Sharingan he had longed for; although it was only a one-tomoe, wasn't that precisely why it only cost 894 energy points?
Zhang Lan eagerly clicked on the Sharingan card, wanting to redeem this bloodline card, but —
"Beep, host, please use a C-rank rule fragment to unlock this option."
Zhang Lan: "."
Then the milk-spitting incident happened.
Poor Peter, after the inexplicable tightening in his backside, was once again splattered with white milk by Zhang Lan.
"Oh no, God!" Peter exclaimed, "Lan, what are you doing? I just took a shower!"
Just now, Peter was still pondering that inexplicable tightening in his backside, and then Zhang Lan on the opposite side spat milk, which caused Peter, whose attention was diverted, to fail to dodge in time.
"System, get out here! Do you want me to beat the shit out of you?"
Zhang Lan didn't respond to Peter, instead, he started yelling at the system: "Come on, come out, don't be shy, I promise I'll beat the shit out of you."
"Beep, the system exists deep within the host's soul. In a sense, the host is the materialized vessel of the system."
The implication was that Zhang Lan was the system, and the system was Zhang Lan.
Zhang Lan: "O.O"
"I'm not well-read, so don't lie to me. System, how do I get those rule fragments?"
"Beep, complete system missions, fundamentally change the plot, or hand over important items to obtain rule fragments of indeterminate tiers."
"Completing system missions and changing the plot are easy to understand, but what does 'handing over important items' refer to?" Zhang Lan continued to ask.
"Beep, acquire items with recycling value and submit them to the system. The system will decompose indeterminate levels of rule fragments from the items."
He understood. It meant that if Zhang Lan obtained Tony's Iron Man suit and handed it over to the system for decomposition, he could get rule fragments.
"I hadn't planned on taking Tony's Iron Man suit, but now it seems I need to think of a way."
He stroked his chin, pondering how to scheme against Tony.
Far away in Los Angeles, Tony, who was developing the Iron Man suit, suddenly felt as if someone was staring at him from behind, but when he turned around, he saw no one.
He quickly had Jarvis turn on all the lights in the house.
Just as he was about to continue understanding the system, Zhang Lan felt a chill on his face, dampened by some liquid.
He came back to his senses, looking at Peter, who was glaring at him angrily, and smiled somewhat guiltily.
"Peter, if I said I didn't do it on purpose, would you believe me?" he weakly defended himself.
"Of course. I wouldn't believe it." Peter naturally rejected the excuse, but then changed the subject: "However, if you can teach me your Shadow Clone Jutsu, I might consider forgiving you."
"Shadow Clone? That will have to wait a bit; that jutsu isn't simple."
After the incident this morning, Zhang Lan decided to wait.
"I'll teach you the basics first. You sensed chakra quickly because you already had a certain foundation; now it's just about unearthing your foundation. But jutsu are different; it's not like you can just form hand seals in sequence and succeed."
That was indeed the case. While Zhang Lan learned B-rank ninjutsu instantly, that was with the system's help.
If simply forming hand seals and outputting chakra could release ninjutsu, then why was it that besides the Second Hokage, only the Fourth Hokage could learn the Flying Raijin Jutsu?
And there was Rock Lee, a taijutsu ninja who couldn't even use basic ninjutsu.
There must be certain conditions involved; only by meeting these conditions could one master a ninjutsu. Of course, Zhang Lan didn't need to worry about this because he was a man with a system.
"Basics are fine too! So, teach me now?" Peter was eager.
He looked at the sandwich he had only taken one bite from, then at Peter's expectant expression, sighed, and made a difficult decision.
[Ninjutsu: Shadow Clone Jutsu]
Peter excitedly followed the Shadow Clone away, while Zhang Lan wiped the milk from his face, resumed his breakfast, and his consciousness drifted back into the system.
He was like an internet-addicted teenager who plays on his phone while eating.
Opening the Mysterious Shop again, this time there was no rule introduction. He painfully skipped over the grayish cards; he currently had energy but no rule fragments, which made them useless.
Equipment Card: Combat Suit Card (D) — 50 energy points
Item Card: Healing Card (E) — 5 energy points
These were the only two colored cards. Clicking on them immediately brought up "YES / NO" options, presumably asking if he wanted to redeem them.
Zhang Lan first selected the "Healing Card," which he was more concerned about, and clicked YES. Then, something magical happened —
— Nothing happened.
"System, where's the card I just redeemed? Did you eat it?" Zhang Lan asked fiercely.
"Beep, it has been issued to the host's storage space."
"System, don't be silent next time. All relevant information must be fed back to me."
Zhang Lan felt it would be better to set the status to "online," otherwise, being in an "offline" state all the time, what if he missed important messages?
"Beep, host command detected, loading command… loading complete."
"Ding, congratulations to the host for gaining recognition from Jody Benstead, obtaining 1 energy point."
"Ding, congratulations to the host for gaining recognition from Isador Wedlock, obtaining 1 energy point."
"Ding, congratulations to the host for gaining recognition from Rebecca Sampson, obtaining 1 energy point."
Just after he issued the "online" command, a "ding" sound would ring approximately every five seconds, which made Zhang Lan very confused. How were these energy points obtained?
"System, what is the method for obtaining energy points?" Zhang Lan keenly grasped the core issue.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for gaining recognition from Rica Cool, obtaining 1 energy point."
"Beep, based on F-rank ordinary people, different relationships with the host can yield different energy points — Relationship (Energy Points Earned): Stranger (0), Recognition (1), Appreciation (2), Approval (5), Adoration (10), Faith (100). The energy points provided will also vary based on the different levels of people."
"System, set it so that only energy income of 6 points or more from a single instance triggers a system notification." Although hearing the notifications felt good, frequent notifications would truly be annoying.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for gaining recognition from Tolt Carson, obtaining 1 energy point."
"Beep, host command detected, loading command… loading complete."
He nodded in satisfaction. Although the system's redemption mechanism made him want to flip the table, its controllability was quite high.
It was like a newly developed mobile game that could be gradually adapted into a game mode suitable for players, then encouraging more players to spend heavily.
As for the 1 energy point recognitions, Zhang Lan immediately knew where they came from with a bit of thought. His newly written film was currently gaining momentum, and as the creator, he would naturally be recognized by the general public.
"System, are you pushing me into the entertainment industry?" Zhang Lan thought, feeling a bit depressed: "You wouldn't be a system modified from a celebrity system, would you?"
"Beep, fame is unrelated to the entertainment industry. This system is an original release and not a modification."
With the system's reminder, Zhang Lan also realized that it seemed to be true. In his previous life as an ordinary person, the only famous people he could interact with were celebrities.
Now that he thought about it, future superheroes, whether Spider-Man or Iron Man, had fans counted on a global scale, easily surpassing ordinary celebrities.
"System, if I become famous not under my real name, but under a nickname, like 'Hokage-Man' or something, will it still count for energy points?" Zhang Lan raised a concern.
After all, in the future, he planned to interact with superheroes using the appearance of Hu Ge's Zhang Lan, so the impact would be significant.
"Beep, the system focuses solely on the root purpose, not on names or titles."
Oh, understood. Simply put, it means no.
Couldn't this system just answer properly? Every time it speaks in some kind of beast language that people can't understand.
"Beep, the system provides answers from a fundamental perspective. Host, please carefully analyze the information."
The system implicitly called Zhang Lan illiterate.
Zhang Lan: "O.O"
With the mindset of an adult not bothering with a system's faults, Zhang Lan took out the item card he had just redeemed from his storage space.